D-League Basketball: Santa Cruz Warriors hold off Idaho, 111-110

Guard Cameron Jones scored a team-high 25 points, including making 7-of-7 attempts from the free-throw line, and the Santa Cruz Warriors held off a furious rally from the host Idaho Stampede for a 111-110 win in the teams' NBA D-League game at CenturyLink Arena in Boise.

The hot-shooting Jones -- who scored a season-best 31 points against Austin on Nov. 22 -- has scored 20-plus points six times in the past seven games.

The Stampede -- who saw guard Dee Bost miss a pair of free throws with 1.4 seconds left -- outscored the Warriors 42-30 in the fourth quarter.

With the win, the Warriors remain in third place in the West Division, one game behind leader Reno (24-15) with nine games left in the regular season. Los Angeles (23-15) remains in second place, a 1/2 game behind the Bighorns.

Idaho, sitting in fourth place in the West, drops to 21-19.

Santa Cruz (24-17) returns home to Kaiser Permanente Arena for a back-to-back with the Iowa Energy (22-15) beginning Friday at 7 p.m. The two-game homestand marks the return of former Warriors coach Nate Bjorkgren, who coached Santa Cruz to the D-League finals last year before accepting a similar position with Iowa this offseason.

Santa Cruz was outrebounded by the Stampede despite 7-foot center Ognjen Kuzmic pulling down 14 of his 17 rebounds on defense for the Warriors.

The Golden State Warriors assigned Nedovic to Santa Cruz prior to Wednesday's tilt.

Nedovic tallied two points and one assist in five minutes of Golden State's victory Tuesday night against Dallas.

Santa Cruz acquired the returning player rights to guard Dominique Sutton from the Tulsa 66ers in exchange for forward Dominic McGuire.

Sutton, 27, appeared in 48 games with the 66ers last season, averaging 10.2 points and 6.2 rebounds in 27.8 minutes per contest. Selected sixth overall in the 2012 NBA D-League Draft, Sutton was named to the All-NBA D-League Rookie Second Team and was the 2013 NBA D-League Showcase Slam Dunk Champion. The 6-5, 209-pound guard appeared in five games at 2013 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas as a member of the NBA D-League Select Team, where Santa Cruz Warriors head coach Casey Hill was an assistant coach. Sutton is currently playing with Ikaros Kallitheas BC in Greece's top basketball league.

McGuire, 28, appeared in 22 games with Santa Cruz this season, averaging 13.3 points and 9.5 rebounds in 32.1 minutes.